That attitude makes sense, initially.
But continuing to ignore code quality (and potential security issues) and blindly piling on complexity and feature creep and hoping for the best is just playing Russian roulette with your money.
If the company expects continuing maintenance and feature additions to that same code, then yes, a better excuse is needed.
Perhaps the founder had better things for his time than perfecting some code that was already good enough to get clients/VC money.